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O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
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Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Andaatje (check this guy out, fucking fantastic prose writer) And am going to start Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick soon...
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David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
These forums have been a great place for me to be introduced to new music, but as far as books go the taste tends toward critically revered authors, although not neccesarily their canonized books. |
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Rip It Up, by Simon Reynolds. It's all about the post-punk thing in the uk. V good too.
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You seem to enjoy Nabokov, so you might be able to help me. I've never read any of his works, but now I have a choice between Lolita, Ada, or Ardor, or Glory. Which would you recommend? |
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If only he'd stop using the word 'transgressive' in every sentence. |
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I've had a copy of that for years and never got around to reading it. The fact that every time I look at it I get that God-awful Orange Juice song in my head means I have to turn it about face on yonder bookshelf.
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At the moment, "La Bas" by Huysmans, 1958 edition, Keene Wallis translation.
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Though this may be the best, it needs to be one of the three I mentioned. |
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Ada, or Ardor is my favorite novel of his, followed by Pale Fire, and then Lolita. You may want to start with Lolita - it makes for a great introduction. I personally prefer his works that were originally in English. I'd stay away from Glory, Invitation, etc. until you've read the ones originally in English first. I also highly recommend his autobigraphy Speak, Memory. It really ties a lot together, especially a lot of the things in Ada. |
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I choose Ada, or Ador. It's overviews made the book appear more interesting than Lolita.
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I worship that book, Ada, or Ardor.
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Oh oh oh, this website is good:
http://www.ada.auckland.ac.nz/ It has annotations for the first 24 chapters and can be really helpful. It also has the full text. |
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I heard the last line of Great Jobs for English Majors is: SUCKAS!!!
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Blixa Bargeld: Headcleaner ... text for collapsing new buildings
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er, I was started Absalom, Absalom! again over the weekend while I was traveling.
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Tarantula is a stream of consciousness, but it is most enjoyable.
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